EXCLUSION PRINCIPLE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

No two electrons or protons or neutrons in a given system can be in states characterized by the same set of quantum numbers

Synonyms:

exclusion principle; Pauli exclusion principle

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Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("exclusion principle" is a kind of...):

law; law of nature (a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature)

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